Medical College Students' Responds to Menu Labeling

NCT02574052 | Completed Phase 3 DMC

• 1 other identifier: XHEC-C-2014-094
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether exposure to nutrition information with or without nutrition education would influence college students' dietary choices and improved the previous photographs-based dietary assessment tools.

Conditions

Dietary Modification

Keywords

Menu Labelling;; Nutrition Education;; dietary assessment tools;

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Descriptive Name of Scale: Composite outcome measure of calorie (kcal/day), protein(g/day), fat intake (g/day) and carbohydrate intake (g/day) of participants

  Through the receiving photographs the participants took about their three meals, the investigators estimated the calorie content (kcal/day), protein content (g/day), fat content (g/day), carbohydrate content (g/day) participants ate.

  up to six weeks

Study Arms (1)

Behavioral

OTHER

The whole experiment was divided into three phases with each phase lasting two weeks. First Stage-Behavioral: just record participants' food choices Second Stage-Behavioral: menu labelling without nutrition education Third Stage- Behavioral; menu labelling with nutrition education

Behavioral: participants' food choices; Behavioral: menu labelling without nutrition education; Behavioral: menu labelling with nutrition education

Interventions

participants' food choices BEHAVIORAL

just recorded the participants' food choices in the school cafeteria

Behavioral

menu labelling without nutrition education BEHAVIORAL

The investigators provided every participant with a menu labeling without any interpretation and recorded their dietary selections

Behavioral

menu labelling with nutrition education BEHAVIORAL

The investigators not only sent a menu labeling to every participant, but also delivered nutrition education to participants by providing them with nutrition and health knowledge through WeChat daily.

Behavioral

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Grade 2012, 2013 undergraduate students and Grade 2013 graduate students

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who sent the photographs less than six times in any one of the three meals at any stage
• Participants who did not complete their questionnaires
• Participants who withdrew from the experiment at any stage

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine: lead

Related Publications (11)

• Chu YH, Frongillo EA, Jones SJ, Kaye GL. Improving patrons' meal selections through the use of point-of-selection nutrition labels. Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):2001-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.153205. Epub 2009 Sep 17.

  PMID: 19762664 BACKGROUND

• Harnack LJ, French SA, Oakes JM, Story MT, Jeffery RW, Rydell SA. Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: results from an experimental trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2008 Dec 5;5:63. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-5-63.

  PMID: 19061510 BACKGROUND

• Elbel B, Gyamfi J, Kersh R. Child and adolescent fast-food choice and the influence of calorie labeling: a natural experiment. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 Apr;35(4):493-500. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.4. Epub 2011 Feb 15.

  PMID: 21326209 BACKGROUND

• Finkelstein EA, Strombotne KL, Chan NL, Krieger J. Mandatory menu labeling in one fast-food chain in King County, Washington. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):122-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.10.019.

  PMID: 21238859 BACKGROUND

• Sinclair SE, Cooper M, Mansfield ED. The influence of menu labeling on calories selected or consumed: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Sep;114(9):1375-1388.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jul 16.

  PMID: 25037558 BACKGROUND

• Conklin MT, Cranage DA, Lambert CU. College students' use of point of selection nutrition information. Top Clin Nutr 2005;20:97-108.

  BACKGROUND

• Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Lachat C, Van Camp J, Kolsteren P. Validity of photographs for food portion estimation in a rural West African setting. Public Health Nutr. 2008 Jun;11(6):581-7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007000870. Epub 2007 Aug 9.

  PMID: 17686204 BACKGROUND

• Lazarte CE, Encinas ME, Alegre C, Granfeldt Y. Validation of digital photographs, as a tool in 24-h recall, for the improvement of dietary assessment among rural populations in developing countries. Nutr J. 2012 Aug 29;11:61. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-61.

  PMID: 22931128 BACKGROUND

• Martin CK, Correa JB, Han H, Allen HR, Rood JC, Champagne CM, Gunturk BK, Bray GA. Validity of the Remote Food Photography Method (RFPM) for estimating energy and nutrient intake in near real-time. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Apr;20(4):891-9. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.344. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

  PMID: 22134199 BACKGROUND

• Farley TA, Caffarelli A, Bassett MT, Silver L, Frieden TR. New York City's fight over calorie labeling. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Nov-Dec;28(6):w1098-109. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1098. Epub 2009 Oct 6.

  PMID: 19808704 RESULT

• Roberto CA, Larsen PD, Agnew H, Baik J, Brownell KD. Evaluating the impact of menu labeling on food choices and intake. Am J Public Health. 2010 Feb;100(2):312-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.160226. Epub 2009 Dec 17.

  PMID: 20019307 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Nutrition Assessment

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Epidemiologic Measurements; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Yexuan Tao, PH.D, M.D

  Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Department of Clinical Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2015
• First Posted: October 12, 2015
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: October 12, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10